grow thin
Frequency: 5.53.1 per million words
The gradual process of losing weight.
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Examples (10)
- She began to grow thin after the long illness.
- He had grown thin and pale from months of overwork.
- The stray cat grew thin despite our efforts to feed it.
- Over the years, his once-round face had grown thin and wrinkled.
- The mother was worried that her child was growing thin too quickly.
- The prisoners grew thin on the meager rations provided.
- He watched his father grow thin during his stay in the hospital.
- If you do not eat properly, you will soon grow thin.
- The cattle grew thin and weak during the long drought.
- She noticed her friend had grown thin since they last met in the summer.